Ode To A Priest Poem by Jordan Legaspi

Ode To A Priest



(Dedicated to Fr. Michele Vezzoli, M. Afr.)


That day I met you
Old guy by looks but maybe no
Well-I introduced my self to you
Casual introduction I think it should be

The short time we talked
Different things places and events
And of different situations
That made the afternoon a turning point

The simple acquaintance with you
At first worry of what I am going to say
Though I’ve been in different meetings before
But in my own tongue- the people fluent like me

Anyway I build friendship with you
I’ve tried to speak and share what I feel
‘Bout the history of a man in me for you to know
The guy who find refuge in his own shadow

The name of a man trapped in the ocean
Traveling soul thinking rest for him no more
The human identity of no reason to believe
Wrapped with dreams of no chance be to true

Though it’s only a chance that I met you
Through a friend who invited me for a meeting
But things go so quick carries my self-expression
Moving slowly hoping that someday may another happy day

The day I’ll met you again I know I’ll do
The same figure of two images you wear
But this time I well calm my self and be comfortable
Willing to continue my communion with you

I am this I am that the whole man I knew
From there-here and until where this journey be
You just nod the gesture from the truth you bid
Making me at ease let my worries and pain be released

You accepted who I am and believe what I have to say
Sharing me your time and ears to listen my stories
And catch every words whatever you’ll hear
Getting the details from whence you can understand my cries

That time how happy I am
Having you my whole life had change
Before I thought only of the whole damn world
The broken promises seems good life had no chance

Whatever I wear and bear
Still your arms extended for the son’s forgiveness
Saving act drawing me out from the mud
Where I sunk my self and cannot see the beauty of each day

Your personality is really different
Giving me chance to go and continue to live
And dream like a youth rather than judging me
But encourage me to achieve new hope-love and faith

I know we’ll met again father
Because to me my new life you drew out from me
From the old self full of loneliness and emptiness
From the old self clothe with anger and rage

I may reach my profession and be equipped with dignity
Waving the banner of my name and my identity
Well-though we don’t know what will be?
But with your good examples I will follow my heart

Because to me you’re a guiding star
A nice experience night and day in shore of my fate
A wonderful experience beneath the edge of time
And the experience that I just can’t forget through out my life

Before the small man I thought I am
But now with your words of encouragement new self I hold
How happy walking with a friend God’s blessing
That every moment is a treasure the hunters did not find

Time will come and this journey
Will be guided soon by me
With your principle “God wants you to be happy”- made me
A learned man and this is a great avenue

A true priest you are I will say
Wherever you go a servant of God the holy one
Expressing his love with your true self’s sincerity
To do the job of a missionary and sharing it to all

You are a father to me though only a figure
Man standing firm to his vow willing to understand
The need of a son spiritual or temporal
Just what you did you thought me how to be brave

A good friend a different one
Even tired but still willing to share
And never stop challenging me to speak
About things both colorful and gray

The unique ‘advises’ that I’ve get
Noble by birth yet humble things I met
Full of learning I understand it slowly
Who you are really the angel sends by God for me

Well-I know for sure you will go
Following the call where it needs be
I will not forget you father and a friend
Your legacy of loving others and accepting them will stay in me

Tomorrow might not come and no one knows
That fate of a man yet heaven will keep the promise
I will do what I can to share the thing I have like you did to me
And be missionary some day praying it would be in Gods way

Thank you father I find my self
the long lost friend I thought I couldn’t find
Thank you teacher I learned how to love
the way Jesus love me despite of my infirmities
Thank you friend I have now
the idea how to accept the differences and limitation in me

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Jordan Legaspi

Jordan Legaspi

Davao City, Philippines
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